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Cheboygan Daily Tribune - Cheboygan, MI

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Posted Aug. 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Posted Aug. 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

As Michigan residents we take great pride in our pristine forests, rivers, and lakes which sustain our lives and drive our local economy. Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a very real and present threat to our health, safety, and environment. Only a ban will protect us from the decimation of our beloved state at the hands of the oil and gas industry who is planning massive industrial scale fracking on both state and private land.
The inevitable toxic waste created as a byproduct of the fracking process has already been sprayed on roads and in areas where children play ... this is unacceptable!
The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan is circulating a ballot initiative for the 2014 election to prohibit horizontal fracking and the storage/usage of frack wastes in our state. The ballot would also remove language in the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act which favors the interests of the oil and gas industry by fostering "maximum production" and placing profit above the health and safety of our citizens.
The 56th Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk on Sept. 2 is a great opportunity to sign this petition! Representatives from the committee will be present all day at both ends of the Bridge and throughout the Crossings. We always need more volunteers to take signatures at this event!
I strongly encourage all registered Michigan voters to exercise your democratic right to speak out against the systematic destruction of our home by signing the petition.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact us through the website www.letsbanfracking.org. Together we can ensure that "Pure Michigan" remains that way!
Marianna Hesselink
Cheboygan County coordinator, letsbanfracking.org